Summary: The Battle against the Dark Forest is over, and many cats have died. But, as usual, life in ThunderClan goes on. Every she-cat has found their perfect mate-except for Ivypool. But that changes when she runs into an old enemy, and attracts another tom as well! Now she has a choice to make, mate with her old enemy or mate with the tom who loves her but whom she doesn't love back.
Enjoy!
A dark-brown tabby tom paced in a dark forest, thinking. He was thinking about a cat he loved, a cat who loved him back, but didn't want to admit it. He knew he couldn't live without their cat, yet every time he saw her, she had a glare on her pretty face. She seemed to think that what'd happened moons ago was his fault! Well, maybe it was, a little, but-ugh, he just couldn't take it! The love of his life hated him, and he couldn't live without her, and she didn't know that!
"I can't take it anymore!" he cried out finally. "The love of my life hates me, and I love her! And I can't live without her!"
"Weakling." A larger dark-brown tabby tom hissed, stepping out from the shadows. "You know your duty, Hawkfrost, and you know how much you've gotten from fulfilling that duty. Have you forgotten? We have a whole forest to ourselves as well as a few other cats, and yet you complain about not being able to be with a cat?"
"I know my duty, Tigerstar," Hawkfrost meowed solemnly. "And I know what I have earned from fulfilling it. But my life is not complete without this cat in my life."
That earned him a slash across the muzzle. "Weakling!" Tigerstar hissed in Hawkfrost's ear. "Love makes cats weak, it makes them less cunning and takes away their Dark Forest potential. Even you should know that, you've been here long enough."
Hawkfrost sighed, he knew that. But at the same time, he also knew that he would never be happy without that one she-cat in his life. He couldn't say that to his father, so he would lie instead.
"Father, I promise that I will never fall in love, ever."
Tigerstar purred with obvious pleasure. "Excellent, excellent. And what if you slip up? What do I get from that?"
Nothing, Hawkfrost wanted to say. But he knew what would happen if he did. So he said the one thing that he would surely regret:
"Her life."
So, what do you think? Btw, in this story, Tigerstar has one more life left before he fades away forever. He and Hawkfrost, as well as Snowtuft, Thistleclaw, Shredtail, Darkstripe, and Mapleshade (who all never died in the battle, at least in my fanfic, they all have one life left before they fade away forever) inhabit the Dark Forest. And sorry the prologue is so short, but I wanted to leave a cliffhanger and there really wasn't much else to say. Enjoy! Chapters posted on random days, no set pattern.